Content Archive: December 2011
Safety
FAA Forming Proposals on AeroNav Chart Charges
Following a meeting Tuesday with stakeholders to garner ideas and suggestions on the FAA’s plans to start charging for digital charts
AIN Blog: Torqued: DOT Must Abandon Band-Aid Approach To Fix System Breakdown
The DOT must acknowledge–and address–the FAA's role in creating delays.
Regulations and Government
LAN, TAM Clear Last Hurdle to Merger
LAN Airlines S.A., of Chile and TAM S.A. of Brazil cleared the last regulatory hurdle to their merger December 14.
Strom Offers Permanent Job Placement Service
Colleyville, Texas-based staffing agency Strom Aviation is now offering placement of employment candidates in permanent positions
Avionics
GPS Office Gives LightSquared Test an F
Recent tests “did show that LightSquared signals caused harmful interference to the majority of other tested general-purpose GPS receivers,”
China Certifies Legacy 650
The Civil Aviation Administration of China has issued a type certificate for Embraer’s Legacy 650, allowing owners to register the jet in China.